Hanja Analyzer
卑

卑 — bi

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
낮을 비
Romanization
bi
English
humble, low, inferior; despise
Mandarin
bēi
Japanese on'yomi
ヒ, ヒツ, ハン
Japanese kun'yomi
いや.しい いや.しむ いや.しめる
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#2,003 of 2,500
Strokes
8
Radical
十 (24, 6 residual)
Unicode
U+5351

Korean example words with 卑

  • 비어卑語 Korean gloss: 점잖지 못하고 천한 말
  • 존비尊卑 Korean gloss: 사회적 지위나 신분의 존귀함과 비천함
  • 비리하다卑俚 Korean gloss: 천하고 상스럽다
  • 비소하다卑小 Korean gloss: 보잘것없이 작다
  • 비약하다卑弱 Korean gloss: 비천하고 약하다
  • 비하하다卑下 Korean gloss: 자기 자신을 낮추다
  • 비미하다卑微 Korean gloss: 지위나 신분이 낮고 천하다
  • 야비하다野卑 Korean gloss: 성질이나 행동이 야하고 천하다
  • 비겁스럽다卑怯 Korean gloss: 매우 비겁하거나 또는 비겁한 데가 있다
  • 비굴하다卑屈 Korean gloss: 용기나 줏대가 없이 남에게 굽히기 쉽다
  • 비열하다卑劣 Korean gloss: 사람의 하는 짓이나 성품이 천하고 졸렬하다
  • 비근하다卑近 Korean gloss: 흔히 주위에서 보고 들을 수 있을 만큼 알기 쉽고 실생활에 가깝다

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 卑

  • 卑劣ひれつ mean; contemptible; despicable
  • 卑屈ひくつ servile; subservient; obsequious
  • 男尊女卑だんそんじょひ male domination of women; male chauvinism; subjection of women
  • 卑下ひげ self-abasement; self-depreciation; humility
  • 卑怯ひきょう cowardly; craven; unfair
  • 卑しいいやしい lowborn; humble; lowly
  • 下卑げび vulgarity; coarseness; crudeness
  • 尊卑そんぴ high and low; aristocrat and plebeian
  • 卑近ひきん common; simple
  • 卑見ひけん my humble opinion
  • 卑語ひご vulgar word; vulgar expression; vulgarism
  • 卑小ひしょう petty; trifling

Characters sharing the phonetic 卑

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “비” in Korean.

Other hanja read “비”

Other hanja with radical 十

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